FLOS STRING LIGHTDESIGNED BY MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES

Every time I take the train, I sit by the window and watch the series of perfectly parallel strings connecting

the pylons, as we move at high speed. I love the way they divide the landscape and how spheres are occa-

sionally beaded through the wires at random intervals. I also love how, in Mediterranean cultures, strings of

lights are stretched between posts to mark an outdoor space for an evening party in a village square. And

switches and power points) that others have chosen to position where we don’t want them.

This is how Michael Anastassiades, a Cypriot designer based in London and born in 1967, describes the

principle that inspired the Spring Lights ceiling lamp: a black electric wire that sets up a relationship

with the architecture of a space, precisely becoming part of the lines formed by the walls of a room. And

stretched out along these lines are two different light sources: one in the shape of an isosceles triangle,

the other in the form of a sphere. A system of tensors give volume and three-dimensionality to the form

outlined by this lightweight cord that plays with space, while the two LED lamps emit a warm light

Minimal and poetic like a

pencil line drawn in the air,

String Lights is an original

suspension, both conceptu-

ally simple and bold at the

same time. Anastassiades

has always sought the pri-

mordial and original essence

of forms and materials.

His designs move towards

abstraction, in a search

for purity that pursues an

exercise of stripping away,

taking objects and materials

back their original

dimension of bareness. My

work springs from an idea

of subtraction. Because a

naked object brought back

to its bare essentiality is the

expression of beauty.

His is a deceptive simplic-

ity, giving rise to objects

imbued with unexpected

vitality, and displaying the

highest quality craftsman-

ship.

Diffused light suspension lamp. Available in two models: spherical and conical.

Soft Touch technology for the adjustable switching. ON/OFF switch and DIMMER regulation through

Bluetooth Android and Apple application.

Finish: black Light source: 1 LED Array 2700K – 1980 lm total – CRI90

Light Source: 25w Sharp LED

Power Supply: 48v DC£341.67 ex VAT £341.67 ex VAT

£241.67 ex VAT